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Sub C NiMh cells - reliable source?
I've re-celled a few DeWalt 18v in the last year and without exception they have not performed. This is probably due to me being a cheapskate and getting Chinese cells of eBay. Anyone know of a good...
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Steam cleaners
I was idle the other day, surfed the Freesat channels and saw an advert for a very comprehensive steam cleaner. As I have been taken in in the past at exhibitions I am rather wary, and suspect they...
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HiTuf cable
I asked one of the cable manufacturers at the Screwfix fare what happened to HiTuf cable, because everyone seemed to stop selling it. Answer is that the factory closed, and no one is manufacturing it...
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Fibreglass insulation around double wall flue
Just a quick check. I was proposing to use Rockwool as insulation around the area in the roof where the SS stove flue is flashed in. There is a howling gale coming through there at the moment. However...
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Lib Dem vote backs nuclear power plants
So they're not all completely daft then.
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SOT: Audio Jumble in Kent, 6th October
Me mentioned here many times before before, but since Mr Medway H is out promoting Screwfix ... A heads up for peeps that do fancy for broken and nice (not so not-broken) bits of yesteryears high(-er)...
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OBD-II for Android?
As per my other post, I'm having problems with the alarm on my Volvo V70. I'd like to have a go at looking for fault codes which might tell me what's wrong. I have an old USB-based OBD-II reader but...
 
Car alarm problem (slightly OT to uk.d-i-y)
The alarm on my 2007 Volvo V70 (S80 platform - not latest shape) keeps going off for no apparent reason. I can stop it happening by pressing the button to disable the spacial detector before locking...
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Gas valve turns off and on again while boiler is running
My boiler is working (it's heating the water that goes through it), but something isn't right with it because quite often I can hear the main gas valve turn off, and then on again about half a second...
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The Falkirk Wheel
It is claimed by many people that the shape of the leading edge of the Falk irk Wheel has no engineering purpose. Well, even if the engineers didn't think about it (which I don't believe), the sharp...
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OT political joke
ABOUT RIGHT While walking down the street one day a "Member of Parliament" is tragically hit by a truck and dies. His soul arrives in heaven and is met by St. Peter at the entrance. 'Welcome to...
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Timber Supplier
Hi All I'm looking for a timber merchant around the Reading area for a small project. Mostly 8' lengths of 2"x2", 2"x3" and 2"x4" (about 50 lengths in total). We have a Wickes and B&Q but surely there...
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Plaster flatness guides
Anyone know of a source for these? I found them to be a cheap and easy way of sorting wonky walls but Wickes seem to have stopped doing them. Google only seems to turn up out-of date references to...
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Washing machine playing up.
The problem is that it won't complete the cycle and sits there just full of water before its supposed rinse and spin . This is an intermittent problem which has been getting more frequent. If it's the...
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Screwfix Show FYI
http://www.diyweek.net/news/news.asp?id=16895
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